Mean Streets of Gadgetzan, Hearthstone's latest expansion, launched on Thursday, December 1st! As Gadgetzan was originally a city in WoW, we thought it would be interesting to compare both versions of the city.

Gadgetzan in Hearthstone is much more of a cosmopolitan city than in WoW; it would be fun to see some of the Hearthstone factions make their way to WoW. Perhaps the leaders of each faction could each be a boss!

For info about Mean Streets of Gadgetzan, check out our guides on Hearthhead.

Whispers of the Old Gods is Hearthstone’s latest expansion, going live today, April 26th. As the expansion is a playful interpretation of Old Gods lore from Warcraft, we thought it would be fun to highlight how the cards are related to WoW.

C'Thun, Yogg-Saron, Y'shaarj, and N'Zoth are new legendary cards and they are accompanied by WoW bosses from Temple of Ahn'Qiraj, members of the The Klaxxi, and members of the Twilight Hammer like Cho'gall.

A new Hearthstone Patch hit today with some news that may interest WoW players! In addition to new Tavern Brawls, more deck slots, and deck recipes to help new players out, players that reach level 20 in World of Warcraft will unlock Lady Liadrin, an alternate Paladin hero!

The 2015 Hearthstone World Championships are coming to a conclusion and a new World Champion will be crowned today! The finals were set to start at 2:00 PM PST but with how close the two series have been today, we're a good bit behind schedule. While you wait, here's our recap of the action at BlizzCon thus far!

Quarterfinals

Thijs vs. Kranich

Thijs continued his hot streak, properly picking his decks as he and Kranich traded match after match. The only player in this year’s Championship that also competed at BlizzCon last year, Kranich went down as his Midrange Hunter failed to find its footing. This was particularly surprising because Thijs was quick to express his intense desire to avoid playing his Patron Warrior into a Midrange Hunter.

Ostkaka vs. Pinpingho

Pinpingho, the Shaman himself from Taiwan couldn’t find a win with his Midrange Druid in the first two matches and as a result found himself behind from the start. Luckily his Hybrid Hunter was quick enough to beat Ostkaka’s Oil Rogue, but the same couldn’t be said for his staple Shaman deck.

DieMeng vs. Kno

The only other Shaman player in the tournament, China’s DieMeng, found himself hamstrung by the Midrange decks of Kno. Though he did manage to win the Secret Paladin vs. Midrange Paladin matchup, he struggled to find wins with his Face Hunter deck that just couldn’t get going thanks to Kno’s board clears and control.

Zoro vs. Hotform

The days matches concluded with North America’s lone remaining hope, Hotform, taking on Zoro. The former took a quick win as Zoro’s Secret Paladin struggled to find the right draws. However, Zoro rebounded with two great matches that just barely remained in his favor throughout, leaving Hotform with little choice but to trade board control for face damage. Much like our other Chinese player, Zoro just couldn’t close out a win with his Face Hunter.

The Hearthstone design team will be hosting its final BlizzCon 2015 panel and discussing how Tavern Brawls come to be and answering a few rounds of Q&A

We'll be here to update you with the latest news coming out of the panel!

BlizzCon 2015 Contest

Every comment you leave on any BlizzCon 2015 post is entering you to win prizes like a Reins of the Swift Spectral Tiger. As long as you don't spam, each comment only increases your chances to win by giving you another entry. Read more here--we have several awesome prizes to give out all weekend.

Liveblog 2015

9:45 The panel will be starting shortly.10:00 Should be starting any time now.10:06 Mike Donais, Senior Game Designer takes the stage.10:07 First design goal of Tavern Brawls was to be weekly, to give players more content to chew through between expansions/adventures.10:10 Next goal was variety, to try new things and improve them over time.10:11 Donais is now breaking down the three different types of Brawls: build your own deck, pick a class, and prebuilt.10:12 Most of this information has been talked about before, players that like to innovate like to build decks, pick a class is very replayable since it's random, and premade decks give you access to cards you may not own.10:15 Co-op Tavern Brawl now being talked about. It didn't make sense for Blizzard to completely rearrange the UI and players to have them both on one side of the field.

With the reveal of League of Explorers coming to Hearthstone next week, the developers of the game are set to sit down and talk about our latest adventure.

We'll be here to update you with the latest news and shortly thereafter will be bringing you all sorts of card updates and more!

BlizzCon 2015 Contest

Every comment you leave on any BlizzCon 2015 post is entering you to win prizes like a Reins of the Swift Spectral Tiger. As long as you don't spam, each comment only increases your chances to win by giving you another entry. Read more here--we have several awesome prizes to give out all weekend.

Liveblog 2015

3:23 Panel starting shortly.3:30 Recap on the last year of Hearthstone. Blackrock Mountain, Hearthstone mobile, and more.3:32 Intro cinematic again.3:33 Ben Brode takes the stage.3:33 EVERY card will be revealed.3:35 Brode is explaining some of the lore behind the Explorers Guild.3:36 Showing off Explorer's Hat, Roaring Torch, and more.3:40 The first boss will be Zinaar, a genie who will grant wishes as he tries to kill you.3:43 More new cards as players advance through the series including more cards with Discover!3:45 Brode's talking about escaping the temple being a new type of experience.3:46 Another Paladin secret that destroys the minion if your opponent has more than three in play.3:47 First new Legendary card: Reno Jackson who has benefits if you have no duplicate cards in your deck.3:51 A TON of new cards, stay tuned.3:52 Multiple escapes will be needed to survive!3:54 Warriors are getting a 3 mana 3/4 minion with taunt. Yay!3:56 Brann Bronzebeard will make Battlecry decks a thing!3:58 Your last wing will be with our little Murloc buddy.3:59 First new Mech revealed!4:02 Murloc boss gives Murlock cards!4:05 Looks like Priest is getting a lot of interesting cards. Entomb steals enemy minions on the field and puts them into your deck.4:07 New Legendary minion lets you Discover a new hero power!4:10 They won't detail the last wing but are revealing the rest of the cards.4:14 So many cards! Hard to keep up! Reminder, there are 45 in this Adventure.4:16 Last Legendary minion gives you a choice between artifacts! Crazy value!4:20 Panel has concluded. Stay tuned for cards!